I do not agree with making national service mandatory for all adults between the ages of 18 and 30 years of age. Although people would be payed enough to cover their basic living expenses while they’re doing mandatory service, and the service could have many positive personal benifits, making community service mandatory is unacceptable for several reasons. First, mandatory volunteer service is a contradiction in terms. How can it be voluntary if it’s mandatory? That just doesn’t make sense. People would not be doing good deeds because it’s the right thing to do, they would be doing it because they have to. And forcing people to do good deeds could lead to resentment rather than kindness. In addition, a mandatory national service program…
Community Service is a rewarding opportunity for anyone to be involved in the community. Seniors in high school should participate in community service. Community services is not a job, but a way of getting involved in the community and helping out at local businesses, non-profit organizations, etc. Community service is not limited to a specific area, so any student can go volunteer according to what suits them best. Community service need to be implemented for high school seniors. Seniors…
Community service is one of the things a society needs in order to function well. It not only helps the community but also benefits an individual volunteer in a lot of ways. Although community service benefits all age groups, I think young people will benefit the most. Since it is voluntary to do community service, many young people choose not to do it and therefore loss the benefits of being a volunteer and the community will loss the benefits it would have gained if those people volunteered.…
Three high school students have taken the community service requirement to court. Recent years have found to bring about the requirement of community service for high school graduation. Responses this has been a mixed bag. Sarah Sparks arguing in the article, Community Service Requirements Seen to Reduce Volunteering, that community service reduces long term volunteering. Whereas Robert Grimm and Suzanne Goldsmith, in the articles, The Health Benefits of Volunteering, and, The Community Is Their…
organization functions similar to a standard business but provides products and/or services to better a community without making a profit. These organizations do generate revenue, but through means of funding the organization. The profit that is generated within the organization is not used for personal gain or for a single individual, it is used to benefit the community and the cause being supported. Therefore, the revenue a not-for-profit organization accumulates is not distributed as income…
Why Do Service Learning? Service is a great way for a student to learn and experience good in communities. Service learning is a great way for a student to enhance their education and personal growth. What is service learning? Service learning is often used in our school system in certain classes to help students gain more than just the classroom knowledge. There is a balance in service learning. That balance is between the service done in the community outside of the classroom and the…
As members of our high school’s Key Club, a community service international group, we pride ourselves in community service and our ability to enjoy the service projects we commit ourselves to. The benefits we reap from taking a part in community service goes beyond the mere hours for a sheet; we gain the morale and communication skills that the “real world” expects us to live up to. However, making community service a graduation requirement would make students dread the act, viewing service more…
require community service volunteering as a mandatory for graduation. Criticism of this policy includes that families will not have the time or resources to support their children to volunteer, while many children and families would benefit from a child committing to a paid job. Conversely, school teachers and professionals claim that community service improves the education and health of the children living in that community. Community support inspires students to support the community after…
“Community” is a word that connects us with each other; it highlights a specific experience that we all share, a community is more than just a neighborhood, it is a common identity, and it is a set of relationships among people. It is pivotal that each and everyone of us give back to this experience in anyway we can. It is our civic duty as members of our communities to engage in some form service. Giving back to the community has a lasting and positive impact on society at large. Community…
The moment Alina walks into the kitchen after a long day of school, she rants to her parents about how she has to complete hours of community service because of a requirement for school. Why should she have to have to complete community service when she has plenty of other objectives to do? After acting like a normal teenager with several eye rolls and melodrama, she comes to terms she has to complete the service. During the following week, Alina decides to sign up to volunteer at her local…